COS 4.) Use a wide range of strategies and skills, including retelling information, using context clues, and making inferences to identify main idea, to comprehend third-grade informational and functional reading materials.

Click Here for an Interactive Page on the Chris Van Allsburg web page:
Interactive Web Page

Chris Van Allsburg Bio from http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-van-allsburg-chris.asp

During our Chris Van Allsburg Book study, we discussed the lesson of many of his stories. We also talked about character traits, fiction elements, beginning middle and end, and also summaries. Listen to our Voice thread below.